New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-17
Mr.. RANKIN GIVES VI.
AND GOES our WITH THE TIDE.

SreNY BEACH, July 6,-"Wall, guess tho l-ofu nus
about concluded to give Randy her freedom
This remark was made by Mrs Yates the o.nor
morning. as we all sat in the tent, each Of us with
haranl of pea pods IN her apron and each Smelling
peas with different degrees Of alacrity Maria Jane
was doing most of the work, for We were ssui very
red and moist and palpisating nom rowing In our
dory on Salt Pond We had set up dory enc Jay
before and naturally wanted to use It, even thougn
the wind wal southwest and the sun screening. IL
was hard however, come back to sse tent aad Hn'w
that we couldn't have any dioner untn we had pre-
pared 1t. Fortunately Maria Jane dropped In a.
this moment vigorous and alert ever She sa'd
that Marsh was pretty tired she left him trying 10
rest and took hold energoticaliy In the matter u
Smelling reas.
"Didnt you know" she went on in answer to our
questions, that Mr. Rankin ain't wcllf He amt
don't knows I'm called upon to make believe I'm
sorry for I aint, grain He's one OF them
kind that's always pleasant and smin'-never
saws cross word. But no will have his own way
II he cuts yer heart out all the time ana sees IL o.
beetiln' and he'll be Jest as SOFT and you'd Do sure
to think twas you that was the wretch, and lKeys
not you'd beg his pardon, seems he was SO genius
In the end you'll find out he's done Jest what ne caa
kated dom all the time When you plead WIN
him. and cry and groan and agonize, as it were' he'll
smile and say, sho now don't get excited guess
there wouldn't none of US GIT excited II we was as
sure OF our own way that mans always been. But
he amt got bad habits. You can't put your nm
ger on thing he's done. For all that believe he
killed his first wife. And / sh'd think she'd Don
glad Of 1t. Yes, he jest killed her aben so pleasant
and SO cussed. She never had her own way In
thing They say she dekit as she could be,
and she was perfect pIcter to look at remember
when she was married, and peared out bride. /
was little tot and set with my mother two seats
behind where they sot I reck1ect exactly how
felt and what I thought when they walked In SLOW
along the broad AISLE she holding on to his arm
didn't look at him at all, but stared at her all the
service l was backer even than am now, and
she was like a white rose, thought. She hadn't
had good health, and she'd had spell few months
before of bleedin at the lungs, but they said she'd
rot over that and well. She had on that rust
Sunday purple velvet bunnit with long white
feather. I en- Jest how the plume lay along
over the velvet. I sot and stared and stared
knew 1 never could be intcrestin' as to wear
purpe bunnlt with a white feather N bleed at the
lungs"
Maria Jane took a large handful Of pea pods from
the tin pan and silent for a me reviewing those
days. The hot wind nuttered the tent; there was
the sound Of talk and high laughter from small sail
boat that was gliding by, near as to seem to be
almost on the sands below the bluf How hot IL
was IL is only when the wind is In some other
quarter than the south west that ID Is cool on this
coast, notwithstanding the hotol advertisements.
And In summer, IL you will notice. the wind usually
either I'm tho south west, or between those Two
points, and then 1t Is at the hottest Then, also,
there Is constant danger that the mash viii send
forth its mysterious, hellish odOr. 1 am choosing
this latter adjective advsedly The word Internal
is not sufficiently strong. you would say yourself
II You had ever happened to be here when, as the
natives say, e. the mash was a smellin"
Nevertheless we were glad to be In tent on the
South Shore The life free and charming The
people thus far had constant interest for u.s. we
felt that would be long time yet before we should
be tired of their different phases of character Also
now and for almost two months more, there would Do
tho kaleidoscope Of fashionable iifo to watch at
distance This movement Of gayety was Just far
enough away to amuse without fatiguing. II some
unuttorably fascinating belle came to us for glass
Of water we could examine her more nearly, while
she examined MS.
Just now we had also visit to which to look for
ward, or we did have, until we heard Maria James
words this morning. When Randy Rankin had LEFT
us on the day she had called, she had given us
special invitation TO spend day with her In tho
following week. She named Wednesday, for on that
day tho baker along the ridge here b. the shore
and then went to the Two-mle. She was con-
ndent no would let us go with him But we had SAID
we would 60 across Salt Pond in our boat then hire
a horse and carriage at Of the hotels on " the
road, This arrangement had greatly shocked her,
a. being extravagant In the extreme. She said
they were monstrous dear at them nv'ries We
promised after her remonstrances that IL the VIM
should be n tho east we could venture to walk from
tho road. Thus the matter was leff Fur some
reason we hardly knew why, Mrs. Rankin had inter
ested us greatly; we were very DESTROYS oi making
that visit.
Mrs Yates remained silent so long that we asked
her about Mr.. Rankin Was he Ill Instead VI
rep,y,ng. she went on nom where she had left on
"wail, old Rankin-though he want old then
didn't have his wife but year. She had ono chhd,
john that lives under the cliff ycndcr, and died IN
two months after. Lucky for her and good nougn
for him, 1 say. He was edgin' up to Randy sncr
man In less'n six months pleasant as a barsRet OF
chips lest as he always Is. / tell you, you en- new
some hopes of man or woman as sometimes rares
I'M and Is mad and gifts I'm the wrong and Is sorry
But when you find ono that's always In tho right
and never gives IN, look out, tell yeI handy Sher
man was teachln' school In that very same schooE
house where Mr.. Rankin lives now when he begun
TO shine up to her. s'pose she thought ne was
swoeter nor honey Anyway, she married him and
/ don't reckon she's secn many happy days senee'
Women Is fools Fools, sayv'
Maria Jane made such violent gesture that the
peas fell out Of lap and rolled over the floor Max
rose slowly from under the bed and casually ate all
the peas he could find
@Most everybody blames Randy, Of course. They
say there pleasantor man to gft along
with than Mr.. Rankin. There's only few as has
a kind Of sense Of what he really is. Wall, what
ever he Is he's got TO furl his sails now for do DO
levc, as I said, that the Lords goin to take him.
He's sick, and Randy, soon's she heard OF It, which
was night before last, has gone over to nuss him.
She's with fifty of him, say"
Evidently should not spend the day at present
with Mrs. Rankin.
The story that Mrs. Yates had told kept in our
minds. The next afternoon ( east turn" came up,
so that 1t was really cold sitting In our tent. We
started out for walk along the cliff rad, which
wind, along above tho and close to it. Carriages
wero wblrllng by US and tho dust sew Gy this time
we knew Just where the different routes OF the
public vehicles. charges" they call them here. We
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